Bath Question

I bathe my lo everyday in a baby bathtub. Not so much because he is "dirty" but because it is a part of our bedtime routine. I use minimal baby soap because I don't want to dry out his skin and like I said, he's not really dirty...

Anyway, my MIL saw the way I was bathing him and said I was doing it wrong. She said I should either have another bathtub with clean water to rinse him, rinse him in the shower or empty this tub and refill with clean water to rinse him. She wasn't ugly about it, but I still feel like an idiot. This is my fourth and I've never done this.

We poor fresh water from a pitcher over our babies to rinse them, and drain the baby tub towards the end so that they are no longer touching the "dirty" water. But when we move to bathing them in the regular tub, I doubt that we will drain it before rinsing completely. Growing you never rinsed in fresh water...but as an adult I sometimes feel the need to rinse off after a bath. Definitely something my DH and I struggled with at the beginning!

my lo s who do play in dirt 'rinse' in their dirty bath water! seriously though, that's a little ocd. I never did that as a child and have never heard of it as an adult/mother. The dirtier the water, the better the day they had

They're from Dubai so I guess it's kind of a cultural thing . They told me to wash his butt with soap and water after he poops. They say wipes don't clean him. I told them he's never had a diaper rash so I think I'm doing something right in that department!!